Cigarette making device



June 10, 1941. c. KARST H 2,245,107

CIGARETTE MAKING DEVICE Filed May 23, 1939 tau-41::

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iatented June 10, 1941 CIGARETTE MAKING DEVICE Clarence E. Karst,Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The Brunhofi Manufacturing Company,Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application May 23, 1939, SerialNo. 275,244

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in cigarette rolling or makingmachines of a portable hand operated pocket carrying size and type foruser to make his own supply.

An object of the invention is to provide a cigarette rolling or makingmachine of simple construction and assembly for production at anexceedingly low cost; a device of extreme stability and ease ofoperation to enable a user without skill to conveniently make his ownsupply of cigarettes equally comparable in form to a commercially madeproduct.

The invention is primarily directed to the details of construction of ahand operated cigarette rolling and making machine, and therefore otheradvantages and objects will be more readily apparent from thedescription of the accompanying drawing forming a part of thespecification, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved domestic cigarette makingdevice.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the operativeparts at a loading stage.

Figure 3 is a central vertical section illustrating the parts after thecompletion of the making and discharge of a cigarette.

Figure 4 is a central vertical section of the rear end of the devicewith the operative parts in advanced stage from that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5, Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the roller carrying slide.

Referring to the drawing, the body or frame of the device is formed ofsheet metal bent into a rectangular channel form, providing a pair ofoppositely disposed perpendicular side walls 2, 2, joined by cross websI, I, as end portions of a base wall. The upper longitudinal end of eachside wall is reversely turned or folded inwardly to provide a downwardlyextending flange 3 slightly spaced from the inner side of its wall, andtherewith forming a longitudinal guideway for the full length of thewall.

The guideways each slidably receive an upper edge portion 4 of an endwall 5 of a slide or carriage for guidingly sustaining and laterallyconfining the slide within the body or frame. The bottom or base wall ofthe body has a medial portion thereof pressed upwardly therefrom in theform of a longitudinally extending tongue 6, medially within the body,providing a plain table surface or platform having a free forward endand its rear end curved and integrally joining with the cross web I atone or rear end of the body.

(Cl. ISL-51) The opposite side edges of the tongue or table are spacedslightly from the relative adjoining side walls to furnish suflicientclearance for the end walls 5 of the slide. This also provides alaterally inturned flange 1 at the base of each side wall in continuitywith the cross webs I, I, remaining at the opposite end of the base ofthe body upon pressing the medial portion inwardly to form the platformor table 6to confine and slidably track the slide, or lower edges of theend walls thereof, for the full length of slide shuttling traversewithin the body.

The slide or carriage, also of sheet metal, is composed of a pair ofoppositely disposed perpendicular sides 5, 5, joined integrally with across or connecting bar or web 8. The bar has its opposite longitudinaledges bent or flanged upwardly to reinforce and stiffen the structure,and to provide a more apt finger-hold upon the slide for manually movingthe same back and forth within the body.

As shown, the upper ends 4 of the side walls 5 have cut-outs from thecross bar and project beyond the plane of the cross bar for engagementinto the slideways of the body. A roller 9 is journalled in the endwalls of the slide beneath the cross bar, and preferably toward theforward edges of the end walls.

An apron [0, of fabric material, is engaged over the roller 9, and hasits opposite ends fixed to and within the body at or toward the oppositeextremities thereof. One end of the apron is engaged over a cross rod Hprojecting through and sustained by the side walls of the body at anelevation above the plane of the table 6. The

opposite end of the apron is sustained similarly by a rod l2 projectingthrough and fixed to the side walls of the body and located immediatelybeneath the forward end of the table.

The rods II and [2 each respectively extend through a hem formed in theends of the apron, and each rod has one end thereof bent at an anglethereto to form a lateral stem [3 as a head adapted to be clipped into acrotch formed by a tang l4 punched and protruding from a side wall ofthe body. By this method the rods are securely locked in place yetreadily removable for inserting the apron.

Each end wall of the slide is provided with a pair of relativelyoppositely directioned notches l5, l6, for engagement respectively withthe cross rods ll, l2, to stop the reciprocating traverse of the slide,and also to confine the slide within the body. Upon moving the slide toits rearward limit within the body, the apron will be disposed in aloading position with its forward end lying or spread upon the table andthence extending downwardly from the rear end of the table capable ofbeing formed into a loop to allow the roller 9 carried by the slidefurnishing a pocket I! for the reception of the necessary quantity oftobacco for the making of a cigarette.

The sidewalls of the body provide end closures for the pocket. A sheetof cigarette wrapping paper is appropriately placed upon the apron overthe table in advance of the tobacco holding pocket, whereupon uponmoving the slide forward the supply of tobacco within the pocket iscompactly rolled into a cylindrical stem and ad-. vanced over thewrapper sheet which therewith is rolled about the tobacco to completelyenclose the same.

The forward margin of the wrapper sheet is longitudinally moistened orrendered with an adhesive to seal itself upon a convolution and hold thesame compact when the completed cigarette is discharged upon moving theslide to its forward limit of travel. a

The machine utilizes an apron having its opposite longitudinal endsfixed, and its intermedite P rt o e a d o a l e a ied y a slide, Whenthe sl de i sta ioned at one d of a stroke, the apron forms a tobaccoreceivin pocket adapted to roll the tobacco upon, and cover it with apaper sheet or wrapper to be discharged as a finished product at the endof the forward stroke f the slide. I am fully aware that this method offorming a cigarette has long been previously practiced.

Having described my invention, 1 claim: A cigarette making machine ofthe class described, comprising: a frame of a single sheet of metal inthe form of a rectangular open top channel, providing a pair of sidewalls and a bottom panel connecting the side walls, the upper edges ofthe side walls being inverted to form longi tudinal guideways, thebottom panel having a medial portion formed to provide an elevatedplatform centrally between the side walls and spaced therefrom andjoining with the bottom panel at one end thereof, a slide reciprocableand encased within the frame composed of a pair of opposite end wallsjoined by a cross web, the cross web providing a hand-hold accessiblefrom the open top of the frame for manually reciprocating the slide, theend walls being respectively in parallelism with the side walls of theframe and in sliding intermesh with the upper edges of the respectiveside walls of the frame, and slidably sustained on the bottom panel, aroller journaled in the end walls of the slide beneath the cross Webthereof and at a platform traversing plane, and a fabric apron withinand extending longitudinally of the frame engaged about the roller ofthe slide and having its opposite ends anchored to the framerespectively at relative opposite ends thereof, the apron when the slideis stationed at one end of the frame being adapted to lieu-pen theplatform with a portion thereof at the rear end of the platformdepressed into a loop to form a pocket for holding a quantity of tobaccofor envelopment in the apron by a forward stroke of the slide.

7 CLARENCE E. KARST;

